November 23rd, 2009 Newsletter

It is hard to believe that November has almost slipped by and we are rapidly heading into December. Despite the recession it has been a very busy year here at G4 Ventures Ltd. and we owe this business to our clients. The majority of our clients are the result of referrals from friends or satisfied customers, and we would like to take this opportunity to say thank you. More and more businesses have been looking at how to squeeze the most out of their dwindling advertising dollars and we are honored to be considered when companies are making the decision on who to trust their website creation to.

This newsletter will touch on the following topics:

• New Website Features
• New Tutorials
• Joomla Sitemaps
• Client Spotlight

New Website Features

We have begun to post our Support Tutorials to YouTube in HD format in order to provide a better tutorial experience for our clients (as well as to create another site promotional stream for the business). You can now subscribe to our YouTube channel directly from our main page or by clicking on the following link:

• G4 Ventures Ltd. - YouTube Channel

New Support Tutorials

• How do I add/edit menu items in Joomla?
• How do I add/edit users in Joomla?

Joomla Sitemaps

One of the features of your website that Search Engines look for is an XML or HTML Sitemap (wikipedia has a good explanation of what a Sitemap is here). This simple text explanation of the pages within your website and how they are linked together allows Search Engines to quickly and easily index the pages within your website (and allows you to hide parts of your website that you may not want the Search Engines to find).

Including a Sitemap in your Joomla-based website is relatively simple. We use a Component called Xmap (more information here) to create Search Engine friendly HTML and XML sitemaps for our clients.

Don't have a sitemap (or not sure if you have a sitemap), contact us and we can get you up and running quickly.

Client Spotlight

From time to time we like to spotlight one of our clients websites. We hope that you take a few minutes out of your busy day to check out not only the services that they offer, but also their website features and design (you may get ideas that you would like to use on your website).

In this newsletter we would like to spotlight a client website that we are very close to rolling out. Cary Kish from Sounds Unlimited Inc. approached us about a month ago asking if we could do anything about his current website. Despite the fact that his current website was still quite functional (he had been using it for several years), he wanted to begin to harness some of the power of the new technology to help interact with his clients more and provide them services that most other DJ companies haven't even dreamed of offering yet. You can view his current website at http://www.soundsunlimitedinc.com and check back over the next week or so to watch his new website being released.

Here is a preview of what the new site will look like:

We hope this mailing was helpful. If you found it useful, forward it to a friend. If you didn't, drop us a note and let us know how we can better answer your questions and meet your needs by using our contact form.

Jeff Meadows

Director

G4 Ventures Ltd.